DEPRESSION in a Sentence

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For DEPRESSION, below is one of 177 sentences:
The researchers believe that growing up in a home where parents had difficulties with depression or alcohol was often a trigger.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEPRESSION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
depression
 n.  recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing ; sadness; low spirits
Classic Sentence: (126 in 9 pages)
1  I was overwhelmed with depression, too; I had an hysterical craving for incongruity and for contrast, and so I took to vice.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
2  Something was not dead within me, in the depths of my heart and conscience it would not die, and it showed itself in acute depression.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: VIII
3  The greatest disorder and depression had been in the baggage train he had passed that morning on the Znaim road seven miles away from the French.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XV
4  Again Pierre was overtaken by the depression he so dreaded.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII
5  Nothing in life seemed to him of much importance, and under the influence of the depression that possessed him he valued neither his liberty nor his resolution to punish his wife.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII
6  If he did not at once give his consent to a reunion with his wife, it was only because in his state of depression he did not feel able to take any step.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII
7  Since the ball he had felt the approach of a fit of nervous depression and had made desperate efforts to combat it.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XXII
8  It was only at headquarters that there was depression, uneasiness, and intriguing; in the body of the army they did not ask themselves where they were going or why.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XII
9  Rostov galloped back with the rest, aware of an unpleasant feeling of depression in his heart.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XV
10  When Pierre and his wife had left, he grew very quiet and began to complain of depression.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER V
11  Ever since that leave of absence had expired, more than a fortnight before, Natasha had been in a constant state of alarm, depression, and irritability.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER XI
12  The worst of it was, Clifford tended to become vague, absent, and to fall into fits of vacant depression.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
13  Yet, in spite of all this, Anne had reason to believe that she had moments only of languor and depression, to hours of occupation and enjoyment.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
14  As for his look, it was a natural cheerfulness striving against depression from without, and not quite succeeding.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 6 The Two Stand Face to Face
15  "To get excitement and shake off depression," she said in low tones.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 6 The Two Stand Face to Face
Example Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
16  Many theories have been advanced as to why some women suffer from depression.
17  If you suffer from depression, it's best to get professional help.
18  The researchers believe that growing up in a home where parents had difficulties with depression or alcohol was often a trigger.
19  The benefits of antidepressant medications likely outweigh their risks to children with major depression and anxiety disorders.
20  It's fairly well known that "light therapy" is sometimes used to help those suffering from depression, especially seasonal affective disorder.
21  Suggesting mental illness as the root cause of violence stigmatizes those who live healthy, full lives with conditions like depression.
22  Fowler also likes to share his origami with friends who suffer from mental health issues ranging from major depression to schizophrenia.
23  There are hopes that this could help to revive the internet and technology sector which has shown to depress since the dotcom crash of 2000.
24  His pessimism has the effect of depressing everyone.
25  There is nothing more depressing than a seaside town in low season.
26  It says much for Brookner's skill that the book is sad, but never depressing.
27  Despite its gloomy title, this book is not depressing.
28  The threat of war has depressed business activity.
29  The thought of taking the exam again depressed him.
30  The worker depressed the lever to start the machine.